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Bostock Reservoir aerial photography

Aerial Now imagery showing Bostock Reservoir near Spargo Creek, Bolwarrah, Bunding and Barkstead, including reservoir shoreline, rural access roads, water storage infrastructure and surrounding landscape.

Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir near Barkstead, showing the reservoir water, exposed shallow edges, surrounding forest and plantation country.
Bostock Reservoir forested shoreline, Barkstead VIC
Barkstead VIC 3364

25 May 2022

Captured two days after the main 23 May 2022 set, this image extends the same visual record of Bostock Reservoir and nearby rural infrastructure. Public sources confirm the reservoir's place within the Barwon Water storage area, but not an exact publicly archived storage level for the day.

23 May 2022

Captured in late May 2022, this main Bostock Reservoir shoot records the shoreline, exposed margins, access roads and surrounding rural landscape. No official storage-level reading is available for this date, so the visible waterline and shoreline condition should be read as a visual record rather than a measured reservoir level.

Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir with forested shoreline and pine plantations near Spargo Creek, Victoria.
Bostock Reservoir, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek, showing the forested shoreline, shallow inlet areas and surrounding pine plantations and farmland.
Bostock Reservoir shoreline, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek, with blue water, exposed shoreline, surrounding native bushland and pine plantations.
Bostock Reservoir shoreline and pine plantations, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of a long inlet of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek, with exposed shoreline, native bushland, pine plantation forest and rural farmland beyond.
Bostock Reservoir inlet, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Bolwarrah, Victoria, showing a narrow forested inlet, reservoir shoreline and surrounding plantation forestry.
Bostock Reservoir forested inlet, Bolwarrah VIC
Bolwarrah VIC 3352
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir near Spargo Creek, showing the reservoir inlet, irregular shoreline and surrounding plantation forest.
Bostock Reservoir inlet and plantation forest, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir dam wall and water storage surrounded by forest and plantation near Spargo Creek, Victoria.
Bostock Reservoir dam wall, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek, with dark water bordered by forest, pine plantations, access tracks and surrounding rural land.
Bostock Reservoir amid pine plantations, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek, showing the dam embankment, dark water, exposed shoreline and surrounding forest.
Bostock Reservoir shoreline and embankment, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir near Spargo Creek, showing shallow inlet wetlands, surrounding bushland, plantation forest and rural farmland beyond.
Bostock Reservoir inlet wetlands, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek, showing the long grassed dam crest, dark reservoir water, exposed shoreline and surrounding forest.
Bostock Reservoir dam crest, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek, with blue water, exposed shoreline, surrounding native forest and plantation country.
Bostock Reservoir inlet and forest, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir in Bunding, Victoria, showing the dam wall, curving shoreline and surrounding forest plantations.
Bostock Reservoir shoreline and dam, Bunding VIC
Bunding VIC 3342
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir showing the dam wall, spillway works, access track and forested shoreline at Bunding, Victoria.
Bostock Reservoir dam wall, Bunding VIC
Bunding VIC 3342
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Bolwarrah, showing the dam wall, blue water storage, surrounding forest and pine plantation.
Bostock Reservoir dam wall, Bolwarrah VIC
Bolwarrah VIC 3352
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir near Bolwarrah, showing a narrow inlet, exposed pale shoreline, surrounding forest and plantation blocks.
Bostock Reservoir forested shoreline, Bolwarrah VIC
Bolwarrah VIC 3352
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek VIC, showing the curved dam wall, outlet area, dark water and surrounding forest.
Bostock Reservoir outlet and dam wall, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek VIC, showing the blue reservoir inlet bordered by forest, pine plantations and surrounding rural land.
Bostock Reservoir inlet and plantations, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek VIC, showing the dam wall or spillway beside the water storage and surrounding pine forest.
Bostock Reservoir spillway and forest, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir with a narrow shoreline surrounded by dense forest and plantation land near Bolwarrah, Victoria.
Bostock Reservoir shoreline, Bolwarrah VIC
Bolwarrah VIC 3352
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek, showing the water storage surrounded by dense forest, plantation rows and a visible dam wall.
Bostock Reservoir, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of the Bostock Reservoir inlet shoreline near Spargo Creek, Victoria, with exposed lakebed margins surrounded by dense forest and plantation blocks.
Bostock Reservoir inlet shoreline, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir in Bunding VIC, showing the curved dam embankment, reservoir water, shoreline tracks and surrounding forest.
Bostock Reservoir embankment and shoreline, Bunding VIC
Bunding VIC 3342
Aerial view of Bostock Reservoir at Spargo Creek, showing the earth embankment, access road, outlet structure, dark water and surrounding forest.
Bostock Reservoir embankment and shoreline, Spargo Creek VIC
Spargo Creek VIC 3461
Images
25
Site visits
2
Service
Water infrastructure and regional landscape aerial photography
Locations
Barkstead, Spargo Creek, Bolwarrah, Bunding
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Reservoir Reference Pack
From $595

A focused licensed image set showing Bostock Reservoir, its shoreline and surrounding rural context.

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Reports, media reference and regional planning context

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Bostock Reservoir Project Collection
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A broader licensed collection covering multiple reservoir angles and surrounding landscape details.

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Project Use

Water infrastructure referenceEnvironmental and regional reportingPlanning and context imageryEditorial and media referenceCommercial licensing

Overview

This project archive brings together licensable aerial images of Bostock Reservoir and the surrounding rural landscape north-east of Ballarat. The collection is useful for water infrastructure reference, environmental reporting, regional planning, education, editorial use and commercial visual research.

Redevelopment Context

Bostock Reservoir is listed among the Barwon Water area storages in Victoria and sits in rural country around Spargo Creek, Bolwarrah, Bunding and Barkstead, north-east of Ballarat. Historic newspaper records on Trove show the reservoir was being planned by the Geelong Waterworks and Sewerage Trust in the 1920s, named in honour of T. E. Bostock, a former Mayor of Geelong who was credited with helping establish the Trust. By August 1926 the Trust had authorised construction near Ballan on the Eastern Moorabool River, with the reservoir described as a future-facing addition to Geelong's water supply. Later newspaper references from the 1950s mention tunnel works and an aerial photo-survey used to help establish reservoir content, giving this modern aerial archive a useful historical echo. No official day-specific storage percentage is available for these 2022 shoot dates, so water-level references on this page should be read as visual observations from the photographs rather than measured reservoir-level claims.

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